PRENACEL - a mHealth messaging system to complement antenatal care: a cluster randomized trial

• Main Authors: Lívia Oliveira-Ciabati (Author), Carolina Sales Vieira (Author), Ana Carolina Arruda Franzon (Author), Domingos Alves (Author), Fabiani Spessoto Zaratini (Author), Giordana Campos Braga (Author), Jazmin Andrea Cifuentes Sanchez (Author), Lívia Pimenta Bonifácio (Author), Magna Santos Andrade (Author), Mariana Fernandes (Author), Silvana Maria Quintana (Author), Suzi Volpato Fabio (Author), Vicky Nogueira Pileggi (Author), Elisabeth Meloni Vieira (Author), João Paulo Souza (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Online Access: Connect to this object online.

Abstract Background The aim of this study was to determine whether PRENACEL (a bi-directional, mobile-phone based, short text message service (SMS)) increases the coverage of recommended antenatal care (ANC) practices. Methods A parallel, cluster-randomized trial in which 20 public primary Health Ca...